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Mashup Score: 5A systematic review of patient-reported adherence measures in asthma: Which questionnaire is most useful in clinical practice? - 1 year(s) ago
Suboptimal adherence to inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) in asthma is a worryingly prevalent yet modifiable factor in uncontrolled disease. Several objective measures of adherence exist, but they are time consuming. The use of patient-reported adherence measures (PRAMs) could therefore offer a time-efficient pragmatic approach to adherence assessment in clinical practice and potentially the…
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Mashup Score: 3Europe’s cost of living crisis jeopardises medication adherence - 1 year(s) ago
Care must be taken to ensure that economic hardship doesn’t lead to medication non-adherence and entrench social inequalities, write Tamas Agh and colleagues Much of Europe is struggling with a weak economy. Annual inflation across the European Union (EU) reached 10.4% in December 2022, compared with just 5.3% a year earlier,1 as the economy went into freefall in the wake of the covid-19…
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Mashup Score: 3Nonadherence Is Common in Patients With Apparent Resistant Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis - 1 year(s) ago
AbstractBackground. The prevalence of medication nonadherence in the setting of resistant hypertension (RH) varies from 5% to 80% in the published literature. T
Source: OUP AcademicCategories: Latest Headlines, NephrologyTweet
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Mashup Score: 2Moving epilepsy care closer to home: Dr. Gagandeep Singh and Dr. Meenakshi Sharma // International League Against Epilepsy - 1 year(s) ago
Epigraph Vol. 25 Issue 1, Winter 2023 Reported, edited and produced by Nancy Volkers, ILAE communications officer Can bringing epilepsy care to people’s homes improve outcomes? A cluster randomized trial compared home care with community health workers to standard clinic care in India. Twenty-four clusters, each comprising 10 people with epilepsy, were randomized to either…
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Mashup Score: 0Factors Associated with Asthma Biologic Prescribing and Primary Adherence Among Adults in a Large Health System - 1 year(s) ago
The availability of asthma biologics may not benefit all patients equally.
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Mashup Score: 0Lack of Harmonized Adherence Criteria in Allergen Immunotherapy Prevents Comparison of Dosing and Application Strategies: A Scoping Review - 1 year(s) ago
Allergen immunotherapy (AIT) involves the application of increasing doses of allergen extract (as oral, sublingual, or subcutaneous immunotherapy) until immunologic tolerance is reached. Successful AIT relies on the consistent administration of allergen extract; therefore, adherence to these treatments is vital for compelling long-term results. Our review discusses the current terminology from…
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Mashup Score: 0Effect of an Asthma Exacerbation on Medication Adherence - 1 year(s) ago
Few studies have looked at the effect of an asthma exacerbation on asthma medication adherence.
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Relationship Between Asthma Control as Measured by the Asthma Impairment and Risk Questionnaire (AIRQ) and Patient Perception of Disease Status, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Treatment Adherence
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Immunosuppression non-adherence is a major cause of graft failure after liver transplantation. The aim of this study was to evaluate practice surrounding conversion from immediate-release to prolonged-release Tacrolimus formulation and to assess patient adherence and quality of life (QoL). One hundred and seven adult liver transplant recipients, receiving immediate-release Tacrolimus for a…
Source: FrontiersCategories: Latest Headlines, TransplantationTweet
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The study’s investigators noted that adequate hand hygiene in the OT by nonsterile health care workers and surgeons is vital to prevent post-operative wound infections.
Source: Infection Control TodayCategories: Infectious Disease, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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